The U.S. Department of Labor announced this week that “a human resources outsource provider will pay $1 million in back overtime wages and damages combined to hundreds of employees after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation that found widespread Fair Labor Standards Act violations.”
So what did a human resources outsource provider — San Francisco Bay Area-based TriNet — do wrong?
According to the Labor Department, the employer assumed that, by raising employees’ salaries, the company would not have to pay overtime to employees who worked more than 40 hours in a work week. You can read the full Department of Labor press release here.
